Castaway

Fantastic little game. Got it at 70% off and it's fantastic value at that price!

Game visuals as well as boss fights, dungeons, and weapons/items are heavily influenced by the Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (and the related Gameboy/Gameboy Color Games). Overall good combat, but very few enemy types and the entire 3 dungeons of the story mode as well as just over half the tower mode were completed on my very first playing of the game (literally about 40minutes). I recommend the game, but truly wish the developers would expand the story mode (maybe make some addon islands for the main character to explore with his dog since he literally goes to the tower with a raft he built at the end of the story mode).

Great little Zelda clone

好短啊，一两个小时就能打完的小小小小小小小小小小小小小快餐。

Obvia inspiración del TLoZ: Link's Awakening. (o˘◡˘o) ¿Vale la pena? Si, pero si esta en buen descuento. Solo es un micro mundo de 3 mazmorras pequeñas y un desafío de torre de 50 pisos.

Should have been a free game on itch io, this is a demo, not a real game.

Short and sweet. Takes less than an hour, so maybe buy it on sale.

This game is well worth the $8. As a 90's kid (born in 1990 so yes my childhood was in the 90's) I can absolutely say that the art, music, and game mechanics are all on point in this nostalgic game. I'm a definitely a fan of the Legend of Zelda series and can appreciate the parallels of inspiration, which I think is great because I believe that iconic games should inspire others to give the gaming community more of something good. The story is a bit short, but was still really enjoyable, hopefully there is a DLC or sequel in the works with more story gameplay. The tower was really engaging and the more I died the more I was driven to overcome (and eventually did), even my 6 year old was joining the fight to help conquer the tower. I'm seeing other commentors in the Steam page complain about certain Tower levels (like level 44 with the boulders and spikes) and honestly it took a bit to think it through but eventually I got the timing down to accommodate the duration of the boulder push mechanic. As a 90's kid gamer, we understand perseverance and how to rise to the challenge. So I think that those who complain have a skill issue lol. Anyway that's my two cents, great game and would love to see more. Great job!!

Cute game. The starting area is just a tutorial though and lasts about 20min, then you'll start the tower where the real game is. It's also short but can last longer depending on how well you deal with the 51 premade rooms. The island part you beat 3 bosses then you're forced into the tower, so there is no going back to the island at that point. I think you can only miss heart tanks that that tower will bump you down to 2 of anyway. The tower adds coins that vanish after 1sec (i'm guessing to get you killed trying to grab them in a hurry) that give xp and on a levelup you get to pick 1 of 3 rng symbols that don't tell you what they do. yes, 1/2 a heart gives you a Htank after you get 2 but does the pick make the pick stronger or faster???both??? who knows, look it up i guess. Gameplay is like zelda with a roll, sword swing (no charge or projectile), a hookshot and a pickaxe to break rocks/shells. Both sub weapons do damage to enemies but the hookshot will do a little less than the sword though the pickaxe will do more but is slower. I paid $2 something for this but the games only has about an hour or 2 of content depending on how one plays and isn't very deep. If you don't mind the short length and want a simple zelda like game go for it.

If you like classic Zelda gameplay you will like this. The end is harder then any classic Zelda game I can think of.